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Dr. Jon O. Ebbert, professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., offers an authoritative view on recent key clinical developments and what they may mean for you. Follow him every week to stay informed and on top of your world. |
  William E. Golden, M.D., is professor of medicine and public health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where he served as director of the division of general internal medicine for nearly 20 years. He is currently the Medical Director, Arkansas Medicaid Enterprise at the Arkansas Department of Human Services.Observation Unit is not another "me too" forwarding of information that has received substantial exposure elsewhere. Dr. William E. Golden highlights the news and policy items that truly warrant consideration by anyone in clinical practice. The news is distilled and served up with frank, insightful assessments about why it matters and what its impact may be. See for yourself. Read the primary sources and then let us know why you agree or disagree.
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Going Viral: Notes on Residency  Dr. Viral Patel is a first-year resident in internal medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Patel is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Internal Medicine News. |
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Mr. Bobbitt is a senior partner and head of the Health Law Group at the Smith Anderson law firm in Raleigh, N.C. He has years of experience assiting physicians form integrated delivery systems, and has spoken and written nationally on the strategies and practicalities of forming or joining ACOs.
What Matters is a blog about the clinical research that is most likely to affect your practice, patient outcomes, and your bottom line. We know you have too much to read; there are simply too many studies and often too much buzz generated about them to really make sense of it all in a practical, systematic way. 
"Blognosis" offers an insider's perspective on the news and practice trends in internal medicine from the staff of Internal Medicine News as they report from meetings across the United States and around the world.
Dr. William E. Golden is professor of medicine and public health and Dr. Robert H. Hopkins is program director for the internal medicine/pediatrics combined residency program at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Dr. Golden and Dr. Hopkins are members of the Editorial Advisory Board of Internal Medicine News.
Dr. S. Y. Tan is professor of medicine and former adjunct professor of law at the university of Hawaii, Honolulu. His articles are meant to be educational and do not constitute medical, ethical or legal advice. Articles are adapted from Dr. Tan's book, Medical Malpractice: Understanding the Law, Managing the Risk (2006).
Dr. Peter Hulick is a medical geneticist at NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Ill. Dr. Michael F. Murray is clinical chief of genetics at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Howard P. Levy is assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Dr. Matthew R.G. Taylor is trained in both internal medicine and clinical genetics and is associate professor and director of the Adult Clinical Genetics Clinic at the University of Colorado, Denver.
Dr. Jonathan Bertman is affiliated with the department of family medicine at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and is physician editor-in-chief of MDNG/MD Net Guide. He is the founder and president of AmazingCharts.com, a leading developer of EHR software, and AfraidToAsk.com, a consumer health information Web site. He has a private practice in Hope Valley, R.I.
Dr. Jon O. Ebbert and Dr. Eric G. Tangalos are with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Ebbert and Dr. Tangalos are members of the Editorial Advisory Board of Internal Medicine News.
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